Prime Minister Abe continues to push for reactor restart despite the recent Otsu District Court injunction to halt the operation of two reactors at Kansai Electric Power Co.’s Takahama nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture. This is the second judiciary injunction of the Takahama reactors due to insufficient safety standards set by Japan’s Nuclear Regulatory Agency (NRA).

Five years into the triple meltdown at Fukushima Daiichi, it is apparent to district courts that the NRA has yet to pinpoint the cause of the atomic catastrophe. The NRA’s new safety standards do not even cover evacuation plans for atomic power plants, an obvious problem post- Fukushima Daiichi. Listen as the Fairewinds Crew uncovers the truth behind the Abe administration’s new “nuclear safety myth”.

Looks good right? Unfortunately, as Lochbaum poignantly points out, “There can be a big difference between the course plotted and the road taken.”

Fukushima Daiichi had a seawall for protection against tsunamis. It worked well for decades, that is, until it met it’s first tsunami. By citing real events at three different US nuclear power plants, Lochbaum reveals that in the event of an actual emergancy, hypotheticals won’t save us from atomic catastrophe.